[Postcard] Progress Photo #51, Main Street, Devon, Alberta, B&W

Postcard

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Canadian Energy Museum

Name/Title

[Postcard] Progress Photo #51, Main Street, Devon, Alberta, B&W

Entry/Object ID

2020.11.88

Tags

Devon, Alberta, Canada, Photograph, Postcard, The Royal Bank of Canada, Car, 1950s, 1940s, Delair's

Description

Postcard featuring a photograph in black and whiter, of the business sector of the town of Devon, Alberta. Photograph Description: A progress photographs of the constructions of the Devon Main Street/business sector. Visible are the earliest storefronts along the left side and a two-storey building on the right. Along the road are parked and driving an assortment of cars, trucks, and a tanker truck (right). Amongst the buildings are what would become Devon's Royal Bank of Canada branch (white, two-storey building on the left) and the Delair's (sixth storefront down on the right). The roads are visibly muddy and unpaved. Location: Devon, Alberta Date: 1940-1950s Paper Stock: Card

Collection

Orphan Objects Collection

Cataloged By

Danielle P. Lane

Category

Postcards
Paper Ephemera

Acquisition

Accession

2020.11

Acquisition Method

Found

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

April 17, 2023

Updated By

Danielle P. Lane

Update Date

April 17, 2023